“It’s just anxiety.” “It’s just stress or PTSD.” “You just need more rest.” For many of us in the…
Shawna Barnes
Shawna N.M. Barnes is a writer, accessible website designer, and disabled veteran living in Cable, Wisconsin, with her husband. She was diagnosed with seronegative generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) in 2018 after seven years of advocating for herself within the VA’s medical system. She hopes that through her transparency, bluntness, and no-nonsense way of writing about life with her disease that she can help others see that there is hope after an MG diagnosis. Sometimes, we just have to get out of our own way to live our best lives.
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Articles by Shawna Barnes
With a prevalence of 14-40 cases per 100,000 people in the U.S., myasthenia gravis (MG) is considered a rare…
‘Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby’
“Let’s talk about sex, baby/ Let’s talk about you and me/ Let’s talk about all the good things/ And the…
Last month, I began experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. My husband had tested positive two days before that, but we…
I wrote last week about how the inaction and silence of others can be deafening. The opposite is also…
One of the hardest things about living with a chronic illness like myasthenia gravis (MG) is the dialogue that doesn’t…
Many of my friends, colleagues, and family members set goals for the year in January. Goals can be personal or…
Welcome to “The Whispered Roar,” a column where I will describe what it’s like living with a neuromuscular autoimmune disease…